Biological sciences Jobs in Salinas, CA

JBW Federal is a subsidiary company of the Kanaka Foundation - An NHO who's mission is to support Native Hawaiians.

You will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Pet insurance
• Annual membership to Costco or Sam's
• 401K
• ...and much, much more!

You will join a team of professionals versed in their respective subject matters and together support the client at an environmental remediation site in California.

The ideal candidate will have experience in:

• Groundwater and/or soil remediation and monitoring,
• Environmental site investigation and response alternatives,
• PFAS projects,
• CERCLA RI/FS, decision process, work plan, reporting,
• Periodic remedy review,
• Property transfer and land use controls,
• Project coordination and management.

Capabilities we seek:

• Prepare or review regulatory compliance reports, work plans, and special studies
• Maintain organized records of comment resolution status, provide status updates, and track completion to client satisfaction.
• Communicate technical concepts, evaluation results, plans, reports, etc. during work team meetings; ensure conformance with applicable technical standards and work plan requirements.
• Collaborate with other team members.
• Coordinate with contractors, clients, regulatory agencies and other stakeholders.
• Communicate with community members.
• Prepare and manage, scopes, budgets and schedules.
• Develop effective meeting agendas, produce meeting summaries, track action items and changes.
• Anticipate client needs and identify solutions.
• Utilize skills and knowledge to develop solutions to complex problems.

Job description:

• Technical support. Provide technical review of and comments on CERCLA remediation project documents (prepared by others); facilitate comment resolution; and oversee the delivery and distribution of the documents. Use existing site data and records to support document development. Use knowledge of federal and state environmental regulations, and standards and policies.
• Provide technical support of environmental due diligence documents such as Environmental Condition of Property (ECP), Finding of Suitability to Transfer (FOST), and Covenant to Restrict Use of Property (CRUP); and work with the stakeholders to reach comment resolution and task completion.
• Meetings. Provide technical assistance to manage internal meetings and meetings with regulatory agencies. Develop meeting agendas with input from the client and other project leaders; participate in meetings; develop or review meeting summaries; and document, identify and track action items.
• Community relations support. In coordination with the client and the community outreach office: facilitate or support community outreach actions; coordinate project activities with local agencies and other stakeholders; provide technical support to community outreach events and associated preparatory meetings; review and comment on fact sheets, newsletters, and public notices; and develop responses to community comments on released documents and notices.
• Other support. Align work activities appropriately with other related project aspects such as: munitions response and prescribed burn programs. Participate in assigned tasks.

Basic Qualifications:

• 4-year degree in environmental sciences, environmental management, or engineering sciences. Master's degree preferred, but not required.
• 5 years of experience in managing and/or supporting an environmental restoration program.
• Possession of 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER training with current 8-hour refresher preferred.
• Self-starter and problem solver.
• Knowledge of federal and state environmental regulations.

Kanaka Family of Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information (family medical history), or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws. EEO/AA employer/Vet/Disabled.